Combatting rumors around the French election: the memorability and effectiveness of fact-checking articles

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 11 Mixed-effects model testing the effects of candidate choice on posttest accuracy ratings (Experiment 3)

Fixed effects	Estimate	SE	df	t value	p value
Intercept	0.938	0.290	53.01	3.235	0.002
Pre-rating	0.559	0.040	477.62	14.18	< 0.001
Candidate
Le Pen	0.900	0.345	494.34	2.612	0.009
Other	0.716	0.536	494.98	1.334	0.183
Didn’t vote	0.479	0.298	491.22	1.611	0.108

Random effects	Variance	SD
Article (intercept)	0.103	0.321

Model was fit to 500 accuracy ratings from 500 participants across 8 articles. Bolded values indicate significant effects